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to the neck. Bobby passes out in the rain upon seeing his body, awakens a few hours later atop a bed in a suite at the Sheraton near Kennedy Airport, and grieves when Joseph tells him that Burt is dead. At the funeral, Jack Shapiro, a colleague of Burt, donates Burt's Korean War combat ribbon to Joseph, and Michael informs him of a Russian cocaine shipment that is set to arrive in the area in the next week.
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opening remarks that Bobby will deliver the valedictorian address after the invocation, noting that he was the highest academic achiever of his class, Bobby eyes a young lady in the crowd who faintly resembles Amada and accepts that their love affair has ended. During the invocation, the siblings, seated side by side on stage, softly express their brotherly love.
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Police Academy once the case is wrapped up, he questions Jumbo outside El Caribe on the night of April 2, 1989; Jumbo admits that Marat coerced him into betraying Bobby by leaking word from Amada re the pair's location to himself and Vadim. The brothers plan a final sting set for that Tuesday, as he recounts that per Jumbo, Marat's grandchildren, whom he takes to
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Amada breaks up with Bobby once he chooses to join the NYPD to avenge his father's tragic death, upset because he neglected to ask for her input or consent prior to pursuing such a risky change of career. Sworn into the force due to his special knowledge, provided that he will undergo training at the
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The bond between Bobby and Amada decays while they are in hiding at the Cue Motor Inn, and they prep for a move to the Corona Hotel after Vadim flees from Rikers Island on March 20, 1989. In the midst of a heavy deluge, his men ambush the three-car escort, one of whom fatally wounds Burt with a shot
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Bobby is locked up for drug possession and resisting arrest in the wake of the raid on November 22, souring his ties with Burt and Joseph, who both bail him out of jail the next day; he and Joseph later come to blows in a harsh feud. That evening, a masked Vadim shoots Joseph in the face outside his
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Deputy Chief, and brother Joseph, a newly-minted Captain, Bobby uses his late mother Carol's maiden name, Green, as a part of his work alias and opts to live a life of pleasure with his girlfriend Amada Juarez and best friend Louis "Jumbo" Falsetti, with a plan to soon run his own club in Manhattan.
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on Tuesdays, act as his couriers. During the sting, Joseph is numbed by the memory of his prior injury and is thus unable to proceed, and so Bobby chases Vadim into the reed beds. As the police, having cuffed Marat, toss flares, he goes inside the beds, defying Michael's pleas to wait until Vadim
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On November 3, 1989, Bobby, now clad in his NYPD dress blues, graduates from the Academy with honors. Prior to the ceremony, Joseph reveals to him that he will transfer to a post in the Personnel Bureau to freely spend more time at home with his wife and 3 children. As the chaplain states in his
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In its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, the film grossed $ 10.8 million in 2,362 theaters, ranking #3 at the box office. The film grossed a total of $ 55.3 million worldwide — $ 28.6 million in the United States and Canada and $ 26.7 million in other territories.
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for 4 months. Bobby agrees to the request of Michael Solo, a comrade of Burt, to go inside Vadim's drug operation behind Burt's back. When the transceiver hidden in his lighter is exposed, he evades death as Vadim is nabbed by the police.
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Joseph, who has just been named to be the head of a new anti-drug unit, warns Bobby that he will soon lead a bust on the spot with the aim of netting Vadim.
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wrote: "This is an atmospheric, intense film, well acted, and when it's working it has a real urgency."
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By June 2017, the film had totaled $ 22 million in DVD sales and $ 32 million in DVD rentals.
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Edward Shkolnikov as Eli Mirichenko, the husband of Marat's and Kalina's daughter Masha
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as Louis "Jumbo" Falsetti, Bobby's best friend and the assistant manager of El Caribe
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comes out. He then spots and kills him with a fatal blow to the chest from his gun.
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later paid $ 11 million for the domestic rights, releasing it through its
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announced its acquisition of domestic rights to the film. However,
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called it "defiantly, refreshingly unhip" and gave it 3 out of 4.
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during the time frame in which the film is set, cameos as himself.
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as Deputy Chief Albert "Burt" Grusinsky, Bobby's and Joe's father
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In April 2006, after acquiring multiple international rights,
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house and firebombs his car, causing him to be confined at
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as Lieutenant Michael Solo, a comrade of Bobby's family
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as Captain Jack Shapiro, a comrade of Bobby's family
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James Gray
Marc Butan
Joaquin Phoenix
Mark Wahlberg
Nick Wechsler
Eva Mendes
Robert Duvall
Wojciech Kilar
2929 Productions
Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing
Cannes
action thriller film
James Gray
Joaquin Phoenix
Mark Wahlberg
Eva Mendes
Robert Duvall
The Yards
NYPD
Street Crimes Unit
2007 Cannes Film Festival
Brooklyn, New York
nightclub
Brighton Beach
NYPD
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Floyd Bennett Field
Joaquin Phoenix

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